Birds Green is a
hamlet
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in the
civil parish
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of
Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding
Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding is a group of three small villages in the County of Essex, England. Collectively, they form one civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex.
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 427, in ...
and the
Epping Forest
Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the London ...
district of
Essex
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, England. The hamlet is within
The Rodings
The Rodings are a group of eight villages in the upper part of the River Roding and the west of Essex, England, the largest group in the country to bear a common name. (Registration required.) The Rodings do not lie within a single district in th ...
group of civil parishes, and is west from the
county town
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of
Chelmsford
Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...
. The village of
Beauchamp Roding
Beauchamp Roding ( ) is a village in the civil parish of Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding, and in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. The village is included in the eight hamlets and villages called The Rodings. Beauchamp Roding is ...
is less than to the north, and
Fyfield to the south.
The
River Roding
The River Roding () rises at Molehill Green, Essex, England, then flows south through Essex and London and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames.
Course
The river leaves Molehill Green and passes through or near a group of eight o ...
flows through Birds Green, and feeds three lakes for angling at the northeast of the hamlet.
Birds Green Fishing Lakes
Matt Skerrett, iessex.co.uk.
References
External links
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Epping Forest District
Hamlets in Essex
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